Rising GOP star: Mia Love is in the house

posted at 8:17 pm on August 28, 2012 by Erika Johnsen

The theme of tonight’s convention session at the RNC is “We Built It”, and rising conservative star Mia Love helped get the lineup of speakers off to a great start and showed ‘em how it’s done with a brief spotlight speech focusing on the American dream and self-reliance. Love, the current mayor of Saratoga Springs, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives out of Utah, and she’s in the midst of a tight race against incumbent Democrat Rep. Jim Matheson — if she wins, she’ll be the first black Republican woman elected to the Congress. She had some fightin’ words for President Obama in her speech tonight, and the crowd went wild with a very warm reception for her. Are we looking at the next tea-party rockstar, perhaps?

The money line: “Mr. President, I’m here to tell you that the American people are awake, and we’re not buying what you’re selling in 2012.” Bam.

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Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

BTW, the GOP is doing a great job of getting shots of the full range of Republicans. And as I post this, Kasich is speaking and darned if Republicans don’t know how to spell Ohio.

i just watched her speech. it was so short, come on! i wanted to hear more. she did great- she captured my attention and was obviously excited and happy to fire people up! i really, really hope she wins her race!

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Because they don’t have a nasty, malignant heart and world view of others as not as bright as they are.

The funny thing is if black people ran as republicans there would be quite a few who would win. It would just be based on their ideas and not their race. Dems only want the equality to take from everyone.

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM

she’s a rising star… not really as well known as some other republicans but i think her fame is quickly growing. she’s interesting, exciting, and can help people understand that we need less government programs and handouts. (and i really hope she and other black republicans rise up in fame so they can get more black people to realize that liberalism is racist, and holds our race back.)

and yes she is beautiful and i love her hair lol

and yes conservative women are more beautiful… we aren’t like liberal women who are bitter and think they are victims of society. and walking vaginas. XD conservative women are confident and powerful and that shines on the outside. <3

are you serious? =( i am going to be so sad and frustrated if she loses her race. we need people like her in congress.

okay everyone, let’s try to donate to this love bomb thing. donate what you can, even if it’s a really small amount. a bunch of people donating small amounts can add up to a lot. let’s help her out!!https://mialove.nationbuilder.com/love_bmb_don

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM

Oh you’ll hear more as soon the “so-not-racist” liberal mean streak media figures out a way to combine the Sarah Palin sexist attacks with the “Uncle Tom” branding attacks.

My wife has a great theory about that.
“Because they aren’t pissed off all the time”

I think she nailed it.

JusDreamin on August 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM

I would tend to agree but with a caveat.

I had a female pastor who went to seminary at Princeton for a year. She quickly discovered that to fit in there you needed to have a “cause.” It wasn’t enough to just be studying for the ministry, you had to hate some variety of “social injustice” as well.

I think that Republican women are whole people who care about their families and are normal people. They don’t have a cause as much as they do a vision for America. Democrat women tend to be elected on single issues and, if not, get roped into a very narrow ideology once they get to Congress. I think they truly are pissed off because they are not able to be whole people.

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM
Oh you’ll hear more as soon the “so-not-racist” liberal mean streak media figures out a way to combine the Sarah Palin sexist attacks with the “Uncle Tom” branding attacks.

cableguy615 on August 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM

As long she’s not a threat to win the seat on something else in the future we won’t hear much of anything from Pravda USA about her.

Oh you’ll hear more as soon the “so-not-racist” liberal mean streak media figures out a way to combine the Sarah Palin sexist attacks with the “Uncle Tom” branding attacks.

cableguy615 on August 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Well that is quite the enigma. Utah, generally is attacked as being too white, too conservative, and too Mormon. Here you’ve got this daughter of Hatian immigrants who was born in Brooklyn and is, of all things a black Mormon. Mia Love is inside the media’s OODA loop and they don’t know what to do about it.

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts?

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM

And, look when the camera pans the audience there. There are more 10s there than at film premiere, but these women are smiling, happy, and so generally positive. You will not see this so much next week at the abortion-palooza.

Why are GOP women so much more attractive, so much more whole people than their Dem counterparts? I had not heard of Mia Love before tonight but I suspect this is not the last time we will hear of her!

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:28 PM

she’s a rising star… not really as well known as some other republicans but i think her fame is quickly growing. she’s interesting, exciting, and can help people understand that we need less government programs and handouts. (and i really hope she and other black republicans rise up in fame so they can get more black people to realize that liberalism is racist, and holds our race back.)

and yes she is beautiful and i love her hair lol

and yes conservative women are more beautiful… we aren’t like liberal women who are bitter and think they are victims of society. and walking v@gin@s. XD conservative women are confident and powerful and that shines on the outside. <3

I think that Republican women are whole people who care about their families and are normal people. They don’t have a cause as much as they do a vision for America. Democrat women tend to be elected on single issues and, if not, get roped into a very narrow ideology once they get to Congress. I think they truly are pissed off because they are not able to be whole people.

Happy Nomad on August 28, 2012 at 8:48 PM

i think you’re right about this! especially with… sarah palin, the reason i like her so much is because she’s so genuine, upbeat, truly loves her family and her country, and she has a kind heart.

are you serious? =( i am going to be so sad and frustrated if she loses her race. we need people like her in congress.

okay everyone, let’s try to donate to this love bomb thing. donate what you can, even if it’s a really small amount. a bunch of people donating small amounts can add up to a lot. let’s help her out!!https://mialove.nationbuilder.com/love_bmb_don

Walker should’ve let the crowd cheer a little more. Went into the speech too fast.

Mark1971 on August 28, 2012 at 8:59 PM

I thought so too, but maybe they’re running behind.

changer1701 on August 28, 2012 at 9:01 PM

Ann Romney and the MSM coverage will occur at 10:05 EDT. While we would love a more loose schedule, they’ve got to stay on that schedule. I suspect that we are missing many video “we built that” clips.